Ballads by teens on a variety of topics | Teen Ink

Ballad


Top voted Ballads

Poetry
#6361voted by our readers
By _Emma_Lynn_ SILVER
Hemet, California

Is life worth living If I lost interest in life? I don’t want to die But I don’t want to live. I’m afraid of goodbye But it’s hard to survive In a wor...
_Emma_Lynn_ SILVER, Hemet, California
6 articles 7 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
When something bad happens, you have three choices: let it define you, let it destroy you, or let it strengthen you.


#6362 Poetry
By hannahbee7 DIAMOND
Boca Raton, Florida
hannahbee7 DIAMOND, Boca Raton, Florida
67 articles 1 photo 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know you’re a writer if your friend tells you a heartbreaking story and your first reaction is – wow, that would make an incredible plot for a novel. You know you’re a smart writer if you manage to keep that reaction to yourself."

#6363 Poetry
_darlingimbroken_ GOLD, Birmingham, Other
10 articles 0 photos 11 comments
#6364 Poetry
By Joel1 PLATINUM
Millbury, Massachusetts
Joel1 PLATINUM, Millbury, Massachusetts
30 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
If we do not learn from the past then history is doomed to repeat itself...Or, for now we see through a glass darkly

#6365 Poetry
By jewelljessica BRONZE
Franklin, Wisconsin
jewelljessica BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6366 Poetry
By Sammy817 BRONZE
Fort Worth, Texas
Sammy817 BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
You can't break what is already broken

#6367 Poetry
By aliceXcheshire SILVER
Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
aliceXcheshire SILVER, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Easy ain't easy, when you want it to be.

#6368 Poetry
By Gracegos29 GOLD
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Gracegos29 GOLD, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"life isn't measured by the number of breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away." -anonymous

#6369 Poetry
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am Happy to The Point of Fear" -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#6370 Poetry
By munkyman95 GOLD
Medway, Other
munkyman95 GOLD, Medway, Other
18 articles 1 photo 100 comments

Favorite Quote:
I will become, what I know I am' Michael Jordan